The Wiz
New York City Center
Encores!
Opening Night: June 12, 2009
Closing Night: July 5, 2009
Music: Charlie Smalls
Lyrics: Charlie Smalls
Book: William F. Brown
Kansas farm girl Dorothy is transported in a tornado to the magical land of Oz in this musical retelling of The Wizard of Oz that features an all-black cast, a score by Charlie Smalls and a book with an updated urban sensibility by William F. Brown.
MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT ONE
The Feeling We Once Had……………………….Aunt Em
Tornado Ballet……………………………………Company
He’s the Wizard…………………..Addaperle, Munchkins
Soon As I Get Home……………………………….Dorothy
I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday…….Scarecrow,
Crows
Ease on Down the Road…………….Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Ensemble
Slide Some Oil to Me………………………………Tinman
Ease on Down the Road….Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman,
Ensemble
Mean Ole Lion………………………………………….Lion
Ease on Down the Road….Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tinman,
Lion, Ensemble
Kalidah Battle……………Kalidahs, Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Tinman, Lion
Be a Lion…………………………………….Dorothy, Lion
Lion’s Dream………………………………..Lion, Poppies
Emerald City Ballet (Psst)……………………….Company
So You Wanted to Meet the Wizard?……………The Wiz
What Would I Do If I Could Feel?…….Tinman, Dorothy,
Scarecrow, Lion
ACT TWO
No Bad News……………………………Evillene, Winkies
Funky Monkeys……………..Winged Monkeys, Dorothy,
Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion
Everybody Rejoice……….Winkies, Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Tinman, Lion
Who Do You Think You Are?……….Dorothy, Scarecrow,
Tinman, Lion
Be a Lion (Reprise)…………………………………….Lion
I Was Born on the Day Before Yesterday
(Reprise)…………………………………………Scarecrow
What Would I Do If I Could Feel? (Reprise)…….Tinman
Everybody Rejoice (Reprise)………………Lion, Tinman,
Scarecrow
Y’all Got It………………………………………….The Wiz
A Rested Body Is a Rested Mind…………………..Glinda
Believe in Yourself………………………………….Glinda
Home……………………………………………….Dorothy
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Ashanti Dorothy
Orlando Jones The Wiz
Christian Dante White Scarecrow
Joshua Henry Tinman
James Monroe Inglehart Lion
LaChanze Glinda
Aunt Em
Dawnn Lewis Addaperle
Tichina Arnold Evillene
John Eric Parker Uncle Henry
Lord High Underling
Ensemble
Raymond Lamar Bennett Crow
Ensemble
Tanya Birl Crow
Poppy
Ensemble
Darlesia Cearcy Ensemble
Asmeret Ghebremichael Munchkin
Ensemble
Angela Grovey Munchkin
Ensemble
Ebony Haswell Poppy
Ensemble
Lauren Lim Jackson Crow
Poppy
Ensemble
Kevin-Anthony Messenger
Ensemble
Carl Lation Crow
Ensemble
Jennifer Locke Poppy
Ensemble
Amy McClendon Poppy
Ensemble
Kenna Michelle Morris Poppy
Ensemble
Herman Payne Ensemble
Ryan H. Rankine Ensemble
Levensky Smith Munchkin
Field Mouse
Ensemble
Ephraim M. Sykes Ensemble
Adrienne Warren Munchkin
Ensemble
Daniel J. Watts Field Mouse
Ensemble
Juson Williams Munchkin
Gatekeeper
Ensemble
William B. Wingfield Winked Monkey Leader
Ensemble
Dogs: Nigel (Toto)
REPLACEMENTS
Colman Domingo The Wiz
6/29/2009 – 7/5/2009
